Chords for How To Play Jim Croce These Dreams (intro only)

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These dreams is in the key of D minor for the verse and the chorus is in the key of D major
And we're going [E] to start off of course as always with the introduction which is going to sound like this
It's the first [Eb] eight bars of your tab, _ _
[Dm] _ _ _ [Gm] _ _ [G] _ _ [G] _
_ _ [Dm] _ _ _ _ [Gm] _ _
[G] _ _ _ [G] _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ [B] _ _ _ so let's start with a D minor chord
In [F] typical Jim Croce fashion [D] we're going to pick four three [Dm] one three
_ [B] And then begin to make the bass descend which you love to do
To do that try and keep the D [Eb] minor chord.
Well actually you've got two choices
What I do is I keep the D minor shape and I bring the little finger to the fifth string third fret which is a slightly
Cramped position and out of that shape I play five [D] three two three
_ If you [Eb] prefer coming from D minor you can [B] have the ring finger go to the fifth string third fret and the little finger
Replace it on the second string third fret
[F] _ _ _
_ If that also [Bb] doesn't work well for you then coming from the D minor shape
Go to [Am] just the fifth string third fret and play five [F] three one three
_ _ [Dm] So it would be four three one three [F] five three one three
But what Jim [D] Croce is doing is four three [Dm] one three [F] five [F] three two three
_ _ It's [Gb] not important, but I'd like to show [Db] you what he's actually doing
Then we want this [Eb] shape is G over B flat on your tab
Keep the ring [Eb] finger where it is or the little finger if you replace it with the little [B] finger on the second string third [E] fret
And come to the fifth string first fret as well
Middle finger comes away, [Gm] and we want five three two three and
Then [Eb] middle finger to the sixth string third fret and the index finger can come away if you like
[G] And we want six three now he goes six [G] three one two
Here [Eb] again, that's only if you need to be absolutely [C] exact any pattern would work six three [G] two three again would be fine
[Db] Those are the first two bars
[D] one
[Dm] Two [F] and three [D] and four
[Gm] one two and [G] three and four and _
Now we get a lovely climbing phrase.
[Gb] It's bar three of the tab so [Db] _ _ _ _ _ _ [A] we finished in [Eb] this shape
Now what I do here is middle finger comes away ring finger drops back one fret to the second fret of the second string
[G] Pinch five and two it's [Gb] outlining an a7 chord [Eb] pinch five and [A] two
[B] three
Now we're going to begin [Eb] to move the ring finger comes to the third fret
Now we [F] need the fifth string second [Db] fret and normally for that.
We we have the index finger play.
It's much more comfortable I
_ Use the ring finger here.
I'm going to show you why in a minute pinching five [Bm] and two
And [G] three then bring this shape up [D] two frets to four and five and do the [Eb] same thing _ _
[B] _ _ Now [D] but now we need this fifth string note and the first string third fret
[F] That's why the index finger would have been a problem if we had it here
Because now it has to come back here [Eb] if you can find a way to do that that works [E] do them by all means go ahead
And do it, but I [Eb] like coming up with these two fingers
_ [Db] So that this finger is [Eb] free to drop in on the first string third [F] fret then I'm pinching five and one and three _
_ [A] one
[G] _ Two [Db] three _
four
[D] For that whole sequence my thumb [Db] has dropped down the back of the neck to allow the wrist to open up
[B] So that I can get these two fingers into different frets if I have it up here.
It's all [Eb] very compressed and cramped for [Cm] me
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All right, that was bar three bar four comes back to the D minor [Eb] position and plays
[Dm] _ _ _ _ [D] _ _ _
This is a really nice [D] phrase.
It's for
one
[Bb] Then [Eb] take the first finger off one [B] play one open hammer back to the first fret and pull [E] back off again
It's a quick hammer on pull off [D] then second string should be the third fret third string
_ Now come [F] down the fourth string with any fingering you like
Third fret second [Dm] fret first fret notice that I'm using the two fingers [F] that I have free little [E] finger index finger
[D] open
_ [Eb] Because I've just played the notes on these two and I want them to continue to ring whilst I'm [D] descending _
_ _ _ [Dm] _ So the whole chord rings across itself
However, [Eb] if you find that that fingering isn't working for you feel free to take these [E] fingers away and come down ring finger middle finger open
_ [Eb] _
There's a there's a fast triplet in the middle here
_ [Dm] one and
[E] triplet [Dm] and three and [D] four and
The hammer and pull off is [E] going triplet
_ [Dm] _
_ _ _ [D] _ _ Now we're at bar [Eb] five and we want the two finger shape that we had here which we played at bar two
In fact, we're almost going to repeat bar two
But the finger of the right hand is slightly different [Gm] five three two three
[G] And then back to this shape again and six three two three _ _ _
_ [F] Now two consecutive bars.
We play the same different descending phrases this one
_ _ [Gm] _ _ [G] _ _ _
_ [F] This ring finger has barely moved off the second string now you bring it up to the sixth fret pinch four [Dm] and two
three
[G] _
Bring it down to the [Eb] fifth fret and simultaneously drop in the index finger on the fifth string third fret pinch five [C] and two
three
_ [D] And bring this shape down two more frets to one [Eb] and three and do the same [Gm] thing _ _
And now the index [Eb] finger can come away and the middle finger goes to six third fret and we'll play
[G] Six and then three _
_ [D] one [C] and two and [Gm] three and [G] four and
Now repeat it
[C] _ _
_ [G] _ [D] If you if you want to be an absolute purist [Eb] Jim Croce in the second time doesn't play the third string
He plays the second string really not significant though [B] and the final bar of the intro is [E] this one _ _
[A] _ _ [B] _ _ _ _ This [Ab] is a move that [F] James Taylor liked a lot as well from a seven sus to a seven if we keep this finger on the
Third string on [B] the third fret of the second string and pinch it with the fifth [A] string
We really have [Eb] an a7 chord a7 sus chord [A] pinch five and two [G] three
[E] one
two
[D] And now we're going to let it [Eb] resolve to a7 by coming back to the second fret
Pinching five and two, but we're going to hammer two to three and then pull it back to [A] two
_ _ _ _ [Eb] Open second string hammering to second fret
[Db] _ _ [Eb] So slightly more complex rhythm [A] one [E] and two [A] and three
and _ [B] four and
[Db] _ _ _
[E] _ Let's [Eb] play that whole intro again and slowly
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_ [G] _ _ _ _ [A] _ _ _
[Db] _ _ _ [G] _ _ [B] _ _ _
_ [Gm] _ _ _ _ [G] _ _ _
_ [G] _ _ [Gm] _ _ _ _ _
_ _ _ [G] _ _ [E] _ _ _
_ _ [A] _ _ _ _ _
So that's quite a [Eb] meaty section to get your teeth into in itself when you start the verse you'll find that a lot of it
Begins [Gb] to repeat so that's really good news
But what we'll do is we'll check out at this point and then come back in to video lesson number two
Which will be the verse of these